Ellery Hair and Makeup 2014 Australian Fashion Week

Source: Getty You won't expect the disconnected, attached fringe from the Ellery show for Australian Fashion Week, but with her real skin, boyish edge and jet-black eyeliner, we are loving the look in all its entirety. "The inspiration, after looking at the cool lines of the collection is kind of elegant, but the Ellery girl always has an edge, so we wanted to toughen her up. The result is a little bit of a boy playing around with precision punk liner," says James Molloy for Mac Cosmetics. Alan White, Ghd hair director agrees, "the inspiration came from Kim and her aesthetic and also the girl being real but maintaining that boyish vibe. We had to balance how to bring a boy in but keep it feminine." Now you MUST follow us backstage to see the mood boards, wigs and close-ups on the hair and makeup. . .

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"This show is all about this really amazing liner. We are lining the eyes with precision but taking our fingers and slightly dragging it out. The whole vibe is precision punk. The key to the liner is it’s straight, not winged upwards as that would go too glamorous. It’s just two swipes of liner, thumbed out and the skin is what we are calling refined raw. You want to see realness in the skin so just a bit of concealer where needed and then we are taking Mac Cosmetics Softening Lotion and using our hands and pressing it all over the faces. So it brings out the realness in the skin, it’s not about coverage or makeup."

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"We used Mac Cosmetics Pro Crème Liner, which gives you precision but is also the blackest liner I’ve ever used."

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Alan White, Ghd hair director says, “the look is disconnected. There are two hairstyles going on here. There is one that represents our Ellery girl, brushed out but slightly polished and slightly textured, then the other part of it is a disconnected fringe which is a colour change to their own hair. That represents the structure and fluidity in the clothes. We want to add a touch of boyish beauty to it which is why we bought in the shorter fringe.”

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How to? Alan used the Ghd Total Volume Foam from roots to ends and dried hair with a diffuser to create movement. Curl random sections and once cool, brush hair through and gather hair into a low ponytail and secure. Leave soft pieces out around the hairline and place fringe on top.

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“Today we are using Essie polish in Sand Tropez for a clean and polished, ultra modern look. The shade is like an extention of skin,” says Essie’s nail director, Ali Magliveras.

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Michael Brown, St Tropez skin finishing expert says the key brief was healthy-looking skin. "We don’t necessarily want to change their colour too much, it’s just about having a beautiful, fresh, even skintone. So we are using the St Tropez Instant Tan which hints their colour. Then we are using the St Tropez Gold Illuminator over the top and only on key areas like the collarbone, the frontal areas of the body, the shins and the shoulder blades. So when they move and turn, that just gives that contour glow, like the face. It’s all about enhancing and evening their natural colour rather than altering their natural skin tone."

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